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Local Lions meet with Concordia Center
The Eatontown Lions Club recently sponsored a joint meeting with other area Lions Clubs to receive an update from the Concordia Learning Center at the St. Joseph’s School for the Blind, a New Jersey Lions state-sponsored project. In addition to Eatontown, members from the Middletown, Oceanport, West Long Branch, Colts Neck, Glendola and Toms River…
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Businesses sought for Spring Job Fair
Career, Employment and Counseling Services at Ocean County College (OCC) is seeking businesses to participate in its annual Spring Job Fair to be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 13 in the gymnasium, OCC Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River. Participating employers will review applications, conduct interviews and hire prospective employees. OCC Career, Employment…
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Bands to play at jazz festival
Jazz bands from seven local high schools and a middle school will perform at the Holmdel High School Jazz Festival on Saturday, March 21. The school jazz bands will perform “big band” swing music in a program that will run 6-10 p.m. The performing bands are: Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls; William R. Satz…
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Rose-pruning demo April 4 in Eatontown
The Jersey Shore Rose Society (JSRS), will hold a hands-on rose pruning demonstration 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 4 at Wampum Park, Route 35 south, Eatontown (rain date, April 5). The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should bring gardening gloves and pruners. For more information, call 732-389- 5353.
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Hook personnel still clueless despite new superintendent
As a result of my visit to the Feb. 20 National Park Service (NPS) meeting held at the Fort Hancock Chapel concerning a proposed ferry dock at Fort Hancock, I feel compelled to relate to all concerned citizens that the Sandy Hook Unit of the National Park Service still remains clueless, despite the installation of…
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Thank goodness for school boards
Few people question the need for their local planning board or their town council. Yet some people believe school boards somehow represent an archaic form of government – – that they don’t matter and might even be expendable. Heaven forbid! In this age when state and federal officials seem increasingly insulated from hometown concerns, school…
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Speedway to host swap meet
Auto racing teams from all forms of the sport as well as automotive enthusiasts in general will have the opportunity to either sell their parts and equipment or purchase needed items for the new season when a race car/automotive parts swap meet is presented in the paved pit area at Wall Township Speedway on March…
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Hawk women repeat as NEC indoor champs
It’s becoming a habit for the Monmouth University women’s indoor track and field team. For the fourth time in the last six years and for the second straight year, the women claimed the Northeast Conference (NEC) Championships in Landover, Md., at the Prince George Sport and Learning Center. Strong on both days (Feb. 21-22), the…
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ERIC SUCAR staff Ocean Township’s Annie Farrow (middle) battles over a rebound with Freehold Borough’s Simone Dixon (bottom) and Kayla Wroblesky during the third quarter of the Central Jersey Group 3 Sectional game held at Ocean Township High School on March 5.
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